- [Voiceover] This is the second coursein the Drupal 8 Essentials series.If you've taking the first Getting Started course,you already have everything you need to continue.If not, here's how to prepare.I'll be using a Mac throughout this course,running Drupal inside an environmentnamed Acquia Dev Desktop.This is what's known as an AMP stack,and it contains the web server, database server,and programming interpreter.It's a free download, and it's availablefor both Windows and Mac.The course should also work fine inside similar AMP stacks.

I'll also show you how to perform certainsystem administration functions on a Linux computer.But by and large, the course is designed to runwithin Acquia Dev Desktop.You'll also need permissions to see, add,and remove files on the web server's document root,also called the docroot.The first course showed how to install Drupalon Mac, Windows, and Linux.It also took learners through a lot ofDrupal's administrative interface,including the parts related to creating content.It ended with a section on moving a sitefrom your development environmentonto a live, public-facing web host.

If you have trouble with any of these steps,consult the first Drupal 8 Essentials course.One video from that first course deserves special attention.As you work through this course, you'll occasionally seea warning that you haven't set somethingcalled trusted hosts.This issue only becomes importantwhen you make your site available to others,and so you can safely ignore it while workingon your home computer within Acquia Dev Desktop.However, you should watch the video titledDesignate Trusted Hosts in that first seriesbefore you launch.

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3/15/2016

Your Drupal site is built. Now what? Web design doesn't stop once the website is launched. Learn how to build out your Drupal site to better fit your visitors' needs.

In these tutorials, Tom Geller helps new Drupal designers change the layout and design elements of their sites, control visitor interactions (including comments), arrange content in user-friendly "views," and expand the site's capabilities beyond what's available in core Drupal with Drupal modules. In all the steps you'll learn best practices to ensure your sites remain streamlined, secure, and up to date.

If you want to start from the beginning and create your Drupal site from scratch, check out Drupal 8 Essentials 1: Getting Started.